Entrance arcade at Chelsea Garden, Sands Resort Macao, designed by Social F+B, featuring a garden-inspired passage with arched openings, decorative lighting, and refined detailing that sets the tone for the dining experience.

Chelsea Garden

Sands Resorts Macao

Chelsea Garden is a destination food market designed to evoke the charm and atmosphere of London’s iconic Covent Garden with nods to Hong Kong style nostalgia cafes.

The Social F+B team brought this vision to life by capturing the essence of a bustling marketplace, creating a series of immersive zones that together form a cohesive and experiential space.  

In designing the space, we drew heavily from Covent Garden’s rich architectural textures—such as patterned flooring, cobblestone pathways, geometric patterns, hanging baskets, and stone walls—paying tribute to the neighbourhood’s character. We also collaborated closely with our lighting consultant to recreate the sense of open sky typical of a walk through Covent Garden, bringing a layer of detail.  

Each zone, showcasing noodles, Sichuan, barbecue, or dim sum kitchens, is anchored by strategically placed live-show kitchens that add a dynamic element of culinary theatre. Custom FF&E pieces and lighting were developed to enhance the ambiance, immersing guests fully in the venue. Flower carts, symbolic of Covent Garden’s heritage, were custom-designed to serve both as floral displays and functional storage. At the entrance, a bespoke chandelier, created in collaboration with CANVAS, our art consultant, echoes the architectural structure and facade of Covent Garden, welcoming guests with an artistic nod to its iconic design. 

Photo Credit: BillYiu 

  • Client Sands Resorts Macao
  • Location Hong Kong
  • Expertise Interior Design
  • Project Type Restaurant
  • Completed 2024
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Main dining walkway at Chelsea Garden, Sands Resort Macao, designed by Social F+B as a destination food market inspired by Covent Garden, featuring live-show kitchen façades, patterned flooring, garden-style seating, hanging lanterns, and an open, market-like canopy that evokes a bustling London streetscape.
Main dining hall render of Chelsea Garden, Sands Resort Macao, designed by Social F+B, depicting a Covent Garden–inspired market street with a skylit steel canopy, patterned stone flooring, hanging lanterns, lush planting, and communal banquette seating that brings the energy of an open-air marketplace indoors.
Concept sketch of Chelsea Garden’s main dining hall by Social F+B, illustrating the vaulted glass canopy, market-style circulation, layered façades, and bespoke service stations that anchor the space, translating Covent Garden’s architectural rhythm into an immersive destination food market.
Symmetrical market hall at Chelsea Garden, Sands Resort Macao, designed by Social F+B to evoke London’s Covent Garden, featuring green steel trusses beneath a glass skylight, patterned stone flooring, flower carts, live-show kitchen stalls, and a central bespoke chandelier that anchors the destination food market experience.
Rendered market corridor at Chelsea Garden, Sands Resort Macao, designed by Social F+B, showcasing Covent Garden–inspired arches, patterned flooring, and lantern lighting, with a bespoke central service station and flower cart acting as a functional and visual focal point within the destination food market.
Private dining room at Chelsea Garden, Sands Resort Macao, designed by Social F+B, featuring a round communal table beneath a bespoke lantern chandelier, floral-patterned wall panels, curated ceramic plate art installation, and intimate seating that blends Covent Garden elegance with refined Hong Kong nostalgia.

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